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Mon, Jan 12th 2009, 16:05
Landon off to hot start in Bayern
Landon made his Bayern Munich debut this Saturday, playing 90 minutes in a 3-2 friendly win over Dubai’s Al Jazeera SC.
In from of 6,500 fans at the Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium, Landon came close to scoring before setting up Bastian Schweinsteiger for a 31st-minute equalizer which tied the score at 1-1.
Eary in the 2nd half, Daniel van Buyten scored on a free kick awarded after Donovan was fouled to give Bayern a 2-1 lead. Bayern forward Luca Toni scored the gamewinner in stoppage time.
“It was fun,” Donovan said on Bayern Munich’s official Web site. “The legs were a bit heavy. I lacked acceleration, but not bad for the first game.”
In the club’s 2nd game of their Middle Eastern training stint, against Al Wheba, Landon scored his first goal. With Bayern up 2-1 in stoppage time, Landon controlled a high ball at the top of the box, held off the defender, spun and fired. His low shot curled beautifully into the lower left corner past the sprawling keeper’s hands.
“That was a nice goal,” Bayern coach Jürgen Klinsmann said after the game. “It will give him a boost.”
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Comments
Ryan | on 15/1/09
Your work ethic and belief in yourself have been personally inspiring. Can’t wait to see you play in more games at Bayern and at Columbus on Feb 11!
rany makarem | on 14/1/09
i hope you have a great time with Bayern!
Abdrew Hanchett | on 14/1/09
Way to go Landon! As one of your fans I’m overjoyed that you scored a goal for Bayern. I’m sure you’ll make a great contributuion to US soccer. Keep it up!
Amadeus | on 14/1/09
That’s was Wounderfull.
Das war Woundabar.
Stephen | on 13/1/09
Nice goal Mr. Donovan! You belong on that field, with this team. Just keep doing what you do. Best of luck,
Stephen
Dekiri | on 12/1/09
Good luck at bayern dude =) We as fans are still being sceptics since we saw you in leverkusen before and that was not really brilliant, but you do seem to be a lot more willing a determined now so i really really hope you make it here at our beloved club.
Bayern is special, but you probably already have notices that, the goal today was a huge step into acceptance with the fans, you actually got positive comments in your thread on the bayern site today, wich means a lot (its very hard even for people like schweinsteiger to get them).
Good luck here in germany landon and good luck on getting a contract. Maybe you can even hit the starting 11 at some point if you work hard.
A bayern fan
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